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Venus Williams finally overwhelmed by German veteran in Split (7,4)

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I believe the answer is:

evening star

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'venus' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'williams finally overwhelmed by german veteran in split' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'german' could be 'g' (abbreviation) and 'g' is found in the answer.
'in' is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for evening star that I've seen before include "Planet, usually Venus or Mercury" , "What could be seen around sunset" , "Venus after sunset" , "Venus at times" , "Description of Venus" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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